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Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture

ISBN-13: 9780801899089
Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
Edited by Downing A. Thomas, Edited by Lisa Forman Cody
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Local release date: 14/06/2011
Format: Hardback 300 pages Weight: 0g
Categories: Literature & literary studies [D]History: specific events & topics [HBT]

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Google Preview: This volume spotlights the visual arts, vision, and blindness during the Enlightenment in France, Britain, and Germany. The essays range from exploring the musical and cultural impact of an eighteenth-century virtuoso violinist to analyzing lotteries as romance in eighteenth-century England. Contributors and Contents:Mary Sheriff, The King, the Trickster and the Gorgon: On the Illusions of Rococo ArtBeverly Wilcox, The Hissing of Monsieur PaginJessica Richard, Lotteries and the Romance of Chance in Eighteenth-Century EnglandEmrys D. Jones, 'Friendship like mine / Throws all Respects behind it': Male Companionship and the Cult of Frederick, Prince of WalesDavid Hagan, Threading the Needle: Problems in Reading Dennis Diderot's La lettre sur les aveuglesJosephine Touma, From the Playhouse to the Page: Some Visual Sources for Watteau's Theatrical UniverseDaniel O'Quinn, Diversionary Tactics and Coercive Acts: John Burgoyne's FÛte ChampÛtreShelley King, Portrait of a Marriage: John and Amelia Opie and the Sister ArtsDavid Fairer, Where Fuming Trees Refresh the Thirsty AirDorothea Von Mucke, Iconic Turn and the Power of Images: Goethe's Elective AffinitiesLaure Marcellesi, Louis-SÚbastien Mercier: Prophet, Abolitionist, Colonialist; Mary Sheriff, The King, the Trickster and the Gorgon: On the Illusions of Rococo Art; Beverly Wilcox, The Hissing of Monsieur Pagin; Jessica Richard, Lotteries and the Romance of Chance in Eighteenth-Century England; Emrys D. Jones, 'Friendship like mine / Throws all Respects behind it': Male Companionship and the Cult of Frederick, Prince of Wales; David Hagan, Threading the Needle: Problems in Reading Dennis Diderot's La lettre sur les aveugles; Josephine Touma, From the Playhouse to the Page: Some Visual Sources for Watteau's Theatrical Universe; Daniel O'Quinn, Diversionary Tactics and Coercive Acts: John Burgoyne's Fete Champetre; Shelley King, Portrait of a Marriage: John and Amelia Opie and the Sister Arts; David Fairer, Where Fuming Trees Refresh the Thirsty Air; Dorothea Von Mucke, Iconic Turn and the Power of Images: Goethe's Elective Affinities; Laure Marcellesi, Louis-Sebastien Mercier: Prophet, Abolitionist, Colonialist.; Google Preview content

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